NEETZoologyBreathing and Exchange of Gases
What are the bag-like structures in the lungs called?
Options
- AAlveoli
- BBronchioles
- CPleura
- DThoracic lining
Correct answer
A. Alveoli
Step-by-step solution
During swallowing glottis can be covered by a thin elastic cartilaginous flap called epiglottis to prevent the entry of food into the larynx. Trachea is a straight tube extending up to the mid-thoracic cavity, which divides at the level of 5th thoracic vertebra into a right and left primary bronchi. Each bronchi undergoes repeated divisions to form the secondary and tertiary bronchi and bronchioles ending up in very thin terminal bronchioles. The tracheae, primary, secondary and tertiary bronchi, and initial bronch